The MDP library...

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

THE DEAD ARE COMING TO YOUR TOWN.

You sort of dream about that headline. Admit it.
You watch shows like The Walking Dead and think, That would be SO
cool! Would it really? I want you to bring your own arm up to your mouth
and bite as hard as you can. Now keep going until you rip the flesh. (In the
interest of our “sue happy” culture, I am not really suggesting that you do
this, and if you already did then can I ask what in the hell is wrong with
you?)

So…how cool is it now? And then there is the idea
of finding a loved one who had the misfortune of not heeding the warnings and
got bit trying to hurry home to take care of you. They are coming at you with
filmed over, dead eyes. So grab a gun or something and shoot or bash them in
the head. Oh yeah, that includes your precious little Jimmy or Janie. You know,
that apple of your eye…the one thing that you love more than life itself.

Not sounding so great anymore, is it?

The reality of the zombie apocalypse is probably
more terrifying than we want to imagine. However, reading about it is a blast.
On that, I think many of us can agree. Only, when you read these stories, don’t
they always seems so far away and remote? Unless you have a local zombie author
who loves to set his novels in his or her (and by extension…YOUR) neck of the
woods, you have to imagine places you have never been and hope to sink into the
story enough to feel like you are “there.”

Well, wait no more. With my new spin off of my
successful and best-selling zombie series DEAD, the apocalypse can be
right outside your own front door. How? I will tell you later. You don’t think
I am gonna give you ALL the good stuff right off the bat, now do ya?

My new series is titled DEAD: Snapshot—{insert town here}. Okay that last little bit
is just the generic filler. To be clear, the first book is titled DEAD: Snapshot—Portland, Oregon.
I set it in my town because it is someplace that I know pretty well. However,
the next book is titled DEAD: Snapshot—Leeds, England. Never been there, but
with the help of Google, I can get down to street level and “walk” about from
the comfort of my computer.

Each of these books will be a stand-alone novel set
in the mythology that I built in the DEAD series. Some of them may see
“guest appearances” by characters that you know and love or hate from DEAD.
You don’t have to be a reader of the series to enjoy or understand the book. It
is zombie fiction, not Twin Peaks. For those totally unfamiliar, my
zombies are like those found in Romero flicks. Still confused? (I weep for you,
but I will clarify.) The Walking Dead. You know, basically slow and not
all that coordinated. I do have a few twists in my mythology that differs from
the norm. While I won’t state it as a fact, I had not read (in my VERY
EXTENSIVE reading) any instances where the bite was not a catalyst for somebody
to turn. Also, children of the younger age bracket might behave just a bit
differently. I don’t want to spoil anything, so I will leave it at that and let
you discover for yourself why my series has allowed me to be a writer full-time
and quit my day job.

So, how do you get zombies to come wipe out your
town (or maybe the town of an ex, or somebody that you just really don’t
like), so to speak? Simple. All you have to do is send me an email at twbrown.maydecpub@gmail.com with “I WANT TO SEE THE DEAD TAKE MY TOWN!” in the
subject line. From there, in the actual email, tell me where you are from. Tell
me a little bit about your town and what makes it special. Feel free to offer
your own name up for use as a character. You are even free to give me a
description or photo that I can use to design this character. I even let you
specify if you wish to be hero or villain. Sorry, no promises that you will
survive in any case, and your character’s depiction may be NOTHING like you in
manner and action. It will simply carry your name into the annals of zombie
apocalypse history.

So…are you interested? Curious? Or maybe you really dislike those snobs
over in Shelbyville? (Simpson’s
reference…sorry.) Well, you now have the power of life, death, and
undeath in your hands. What will you do?

2 comments:

Todd, dude I am such an asshat, I haven't claimed my free prize as a winner on your blog. 1. I'm such a techno-troll (the kind that lives under a bridge not the kind that leaves nasty remarks on peoples sites etc.) I managed to lose the e-mail you sent me. 2. I don't even have a kindle reader in the first place. D'oh!

Bob, if you have a smart phone, there is an Audible app. Otherwise, if you like, I can re-gift. I will even let you ask around for a deserving recipient. Your call. No worries. And I can always resend the email to you.

About Me

TW Brown is the author of the Zomblog series, DEAD series, and That Ghoul Ava series. He is deeply immersed in
pursuing his dream of being a “full-time” writer while trying to balance the
duties of husband, father, friend, and Border Collie owner. He keeps busy
reading and editing the numerous submissions for a variety of upcoming
anthologies and full-length titles for May December Publications. He has had short stories published by Pill
Hill Press, Living Dead Press, and others.